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Game Preview: CHC @ STL, 8:15pm, Friday, July 29, 2011 @Busch Stadium III

Cubs, 42-63, 42-63 5th, 14½ GB, 18½ GB in WC

SP: Matt Garza (27, RHP, 4-7, 3.72)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. STL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (4-7) 116.0 109 57 48 42 119 8 3.72
2010 (15-10) 204.2 193 94 89 63 150 28 3.91
2009 (8-12) 203.0 177 93 89 79 189 25 3.95
Last 7 GS 1-1 44.1 36 16 15 13 41 4 3.05 59
2011-07-24 HOU ND 7.0 5 2 2 3 9 1 107 65
2011-07-19 PHI ND 7.0 4 1 1 3 5 0 117 67
2011-07-14 FLA ND 7.0 6 0 0 3 6 0 113 68
2011-07-07 @WSN ND 2.0 8 7 6 1 4 0 67 17
2011-07-02 CHW L 9.0 4 1 1 2 7 0 114 80
2011-06-27 COL W 7.1 5 3 3 0 6 2 110 62
2011-06-21 @CHW ND 5.0 4 2 2 1 4 1 72 54
Last 5 v.STL 1-0 9.1 13 8 7 5 8 1 6.75 39
2011-05-11 STL W 5.0 3 1 1 3 7 0 85 61
2008-05-17 @STL ND 4.1 10 7 6 2 1 1 85 16
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   25-31   Road:   17-32   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  31-45   vsLHP:  11-18   1-Run:  13-18
 vsEast:  8-12   vsCntrl:15-27   vsWest: 14-14 IL: 5-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
105 Thu, Jul 28  @MIL  L   2-4       42-63  5th 14.5 gb
104 Wed, Jul 27  @MIL  L   0-2       42-62  5th 13.5 gb
103 Tue, Jul 26  @MIL  L   2-3       42-61  5th 13.0 gb
102 Sun, Jul 24   HOU  W   5-4 (10)  42-60  5th 11.5 gb
101 Sat, Jul 23   HOU  W   5-1       41-60  5th 12.5 gb
100 Fri, Jul 22   HOU  W   4-2       40-60  5th 13.5 gb
 99 Wed, Jul 20   PHI  L   1-9       39-60  5th 14.0 gb
 98 Tue, Jul 19   PHI  L   2-4       39-59  5th 13.5 gb
 97 Mon, Jul 18   PHI  W   6-1       39-58  5th 12.5 gb
 96 Sun, Jul 17   FLA  L   5-7       38-58  5th 13.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 7-13   Last 30:11-19
Cardinals, 55-50, 55-50 2nd, 1½ GB, 5½ GB in WC

SP: Edwin Jackson (27, RHP, 7-7, 3.92)

2011 Gamelogs / 2011 Splits / vs. CHC Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2011 (7-7) 121.2 134 55 53 39 97 8 3.92
2010 (10-12) 209.1 214 111 104 78 181 21 4.47
2009 (13-9) 214.0 200 93 86 70 161 27 3.62
Last 7 GS 3-2 47.2 48 16 16 10 33 2 3.02 56
2011-07-24 @CLE W 6.0 5 2 2 3 3 0 106 54
2011-07-16 @DET W 9.0 9 0 0 2 2 0 101 69
2011-07-06 KCR L 7.0 8 4 4 1 6 1 122 50
2011-07-01 @CHC W 6.0 5 4 4 1 5 1 95 50
2011-06-24 WSN ND 7.0 5 0 0 2 8 0 106 73
2011-06-17 @ARI L 6.2 8 4 4 0 8 0 111 50
2011-06-10 OAK ND 6.0 8 2 2 1 1 0 99 48
Last 5 v.CHC 1-2 22.0 26 19 19 10 13 3 7.77 38
2011-07-01 @CHC W 6.0 5 4 4 1 5 1 95 50
2010-07-07 CHC L 5.0 6 5 5 4 1 0 100 32
2010-05-02 @CHC L 4.0 11 8 8 1 0 2 88 7
2009-06-23 CHC ND 7.0 4 2 2 4 7 0 113 64
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   27-23   Road:   28-27   ExtrInn: 5-8 
 vsRHP:  39-36   vsLHP:  16-14   1-Run:  14-17
 vsEast: 10-11   vsCntrl:23-19   vsWest: 14-13 IL: 8-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
105 Thu, Jul 28   HOU  L   3-5       55-50  2nd  1.5 gb
104 Wed, Jul 27   HOU  L   2-4       55-49  2nd  0.5 gb
103 Tue, Jul 26   HOU  W   3-1       55-48  1st  0.5 up
102 Mon, Jul 25   HOU  W  10-5       54-48  1st    Tied
101 Sun, Jul 24  @PIT  L   3-4 (10)  53-48  1st    Tied
100 Sat, Jul 23  @PIT  W   9-1       53-47  1st    Tied
 99 Fri, Jul 22  @PIT  W   6-4       52-47  2nd  1.0 gb
 98 Thu, Jul 21  @NYM  W   6-2       51-47  3rd  1.0 gb
 97 Wed, Jul 20  @NYM  L   5-6 (10)  50-47  3rd  2.0 gb
 96 Tue, Jul 19  @NYM  L   2-4       50-46  3rd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Jun 05, 2011 STL  3  CHC  2 (10)   W:Fernando Salas (3-0), L: Rodrigo Lopez (0-1), S: none
Sat, Jun 04, 2011 STL  5  CHC  4 (12)   W:Eduardo Sanchez (2-1), L: Jeff Samardzija (3-2), S: none
Fri, Jun 03, 2011 STL  6  CHC  1        W:Jaime Garcia (6-1), L: Ryan Dempster (4-5), S: none
Thu, May 12, 2011 STL  9 @CHC  1        W:Jaime Garcia (5-0), L: Casey Coleman (1-3), S: none
Wed, May 11, 2011 CHC 11  STL  4        W:Matt Garza (2-4), L: Jake Westbrook (2-3), S: none
Tue, May 10, 2011 STL  6 @CHC  4        W:Chris Carpenter (1-2), L: Kerry Wood (1-2), S: Eduardo Sanchez (4)

Sun, Sep 26, 2010 STL  8 @CHC  7        W:Jake Westbrook (9-11), L: Jeff Samardzija (2-2), S: Ryan Franklin (26)
Sat, Sep 25, 2010 CHC  7  STL  3        W:Casey Coleman (3-2), L: Chris Carpenter (15-9), S: none
Fri, Sep 24, 2010 STL  7 @CHC  1        W:Adam Wainwright (20-11), L: Tom Gorzelanny (7-9), S: none
Wed, Sep 15, 2010 CHC  7 @STL  3        W:Carlos Zambrano (9-6), L: Chris Carpenter (15-7), S: Carlos Marmol (31)
Season Series: 2011 - STL over 5-1; 2010 - CHC won 9-6; 2009 - STL won 10-6; All-Time - CHC leads 1162-1099

Key for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids on the next pageKey for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids Below

Batter vs. Pitcher totals are career totals. All others are year-to-date.

PA - Plate Appearances (AB+BB+HBP+SH+SF+CI)
BF - Batters Faced
BA - Batting Average
OBP - On-Base Percentage
SLG - Slugging Percentage
Last 28d - PA and OPS in the last 28 days.
SB/CS - Stolen Bases and Caught Stealing
HR/E - Home Runs and Errors Made
ERA-K/9 - Earned Run Average and SO per 9 IP
Total - Team totals for those categories.
Usage - See the note below the grid.
OPS - On-Base Percentage + Slugging Percentage (a good single number for measuring a player's hitting, avg. is .750 or so)
RA/G & RS/G - Runs scored and allowed per game.
PA/vRH - Plate Appearances overall/PA's vs. Right-handed Pitchers
Catcher Def. - Catcher Defense with each catcher's Stolen Bases, Caught Stealings, and Passed Balls allowed.
G/S/vB or G/S/vP - Links to the player's 2011 gamelogs, splits, or career batter vs. pitcher results
vLH/vRH - OPS vs. left-handed pitchers and vs. right-handed pitchers
Hm or Rd, Home or Road - OPS or OPS allowed in home or road games.
OF G: LF / CF / RF - A - Outfielders with the games played by position and their total number of assists
vs LHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against left-handed batters
vs RHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against right-handed batters
HR/SB/CS - Pitcher's Home Runs, Stolen Bases and Caught Stealings allowed
MLB Best, Middle, Worst
Cubs Batters (3.95 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.31 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 22.Jackson
G/S/vB
41.Boggs
G/S/vB
28.Dotel
G/S/vB
30.Motte
G/S/vB
34.Rzepczynski*
G/S/vB
59.Salas
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
28.Baker G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 153/70 .295/.314/.403/.716 .867/.537 .798 23/.435 0/0 2/1
15.Barney G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 358/287 .293/.322/.370/.692 .730/.682 .717 79/.744 5/2 1/9
24.Byrd G/S/vP 13/.769 3/.333 9/.583 2/.000 3/.000 2/1.500 270/206 .308/.352/.435/.787 .659/.827 .797 88/.833 2/1 5/3
13.Castro G/S/vP 6/.334 2/2.000 2/2.000 4/1.250 ··· 4/.000 455/345 .303/.330/.418/.748 .789/.734 .719 91/.661 11/4 3/18
21.Colvin* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 105/81 .104/.173/.208/.381 .127/.460 .382 1/.000 0/0 2/0
9.DeWitt* G/S/vP 7/.572 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 5/.800 172/145 .257/.279/.365/.644 .793/.617 .635 21/.554 1/0 2/6
55.Hill# G/S/vP ··· 3/1.667 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 105/84 .207/.275/.326/.601 .206/.697 .733 8/.125 1/0 2/6
5.Johnson G/S/vP 5/.900 3/.666 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 150/88 .328/.369/.555/.924 .929/.920 .784 30/.815 2/1 4/1
22.Pena* G/S/vP 11/.364 1/.000 6/.533 ··· 9/.222 1/.000 390/292 .223/.337/.446/.783 .538/.866 .812 85/.727 0/2 20/6
16.Ramirez G/S/vP 6/1.333 4/.833 25/.885 5/.000 ··· 2/.500 413/321 .293/.334/.510/.845 .742/.875 .785 91/.962 0/1 19/6
12.Soriano G/S/vP 13/1.052 9/.000 7/.453 7/.929 ··· 1/.000 318/239 .247/.286/.447/.733 .882/.684 .772 72/.494 1/1 15/6
18.Soto G/S/vP 10/.200 6/.333 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 301/227 .243/.329/.408/.737 .967/.665 .816 77/.758 0/0 9/8
IP 121.2 40.2 30.1 40.0 41.1 49.0 TOTAL .261/.313/.399/.711 .719/.709 .704 .687 37/15 89/89
ERA-K/9 3.92/7.2 3.10/8.0 3.56/8.9 2.25/8.3 2.83/8.1 2.57/9.2 3.89/6.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hill (16-4-2)
 Soto (57-26-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 522/.283 170/.250 126/.182 164/.240 165/.199 192/.186 .261  Soriano
 Byrd
 Johnson
 DeWitt
 Colvin
 Baker
81/0/0/5
0/65/0/5
19/21/16/3
18/0/0/1
10/8/13/1
1/0/6/0
OPS .735 .669 .635 .643 .574 .562 .718
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 298/.789 56/.660 52/.967 56/.880 79/.444 85/.571 .703
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 224/.664 114/.673 74/.431 108/.521 86/.694 107/.556 .728
Home 246/.687 85/.803 54/.666 77/.668 90/.589 92/.390
Last 28d days 88/.672 49/.697 30/.375 29/.703 30/.399 41/.553
HR/SB/CS 8/17/1 2/1/2 5/0/1 1/3/1 2/1/1 5/2/0 89/43/17
Usage ····X··· ·X·XX··o o····oo· ·oo·oo·· X····o·· ··X···o·
Cardinals Batters (4.69 RS/G) vs. Cubs Pitchers (4.91 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 17.Garza
G/S/vB
43.Grabow*
G/S/vB
50.Lopez
G/S/vB
49.Marmol
G/S/vB
45.Marshall*
G/S/vB
32.Ortiz
G/S/vB
40.Russell*
G/S/vB
29.Samardzija
G/S/vB
34.Wood
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
12.Berkman# G/S/vP 18/.355 20/.667 11/.697 18/.944 22/.914 15/1.012 ··· 2/1.000 40/.964 367/282 .286/.398/.595/.993 .853/1.039 .855 72/.968 0/3 27/5
33.Descalso* G/S/vP 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 4/.250 1/2.000 281/223 .261/.337/.361/.698 .463/.760 .703 55/.817 2/2 1/5
23.Freese G/S/vP ··· 2/4.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 188/138 .320/.367/.448/.815 1.065/.729 .659 78/.735 0/0 5/6
7.Holliday G/S/vP 12/.432 11/.364 10/1.400 9/.347 7/1.238 6/1.500 3/.666 6/1.000 3/.333 328/244 .311/.409/.543/.951 .856/.981 .975 87/.888 0/1 14/2
15.Jay* G/S/vP ··· 2/2.000 ··· 2/.000 5/1.300 ··· 5/1.100 4/.500 2/.500 297/219 .310/.360/.440/.800 .742/.820 .737 78/.805 5/4 7/2
13.Laird G/S/vP 15/.583 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 5/2.400 ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 65/49 .250/.317/.393/.710 .771/.686 .602 16/.762 0/1 0/1
4.Molina G/S/vP 3/.666 8/.393 11/.546 9/1.417 25/.791 9/.333 1/.000 5/1.100 6/.750 336/251 .286/.330/.438/.769 .848/.743 .799 61/.920 2/5 8/4
44.Patterson* G/S/vP 11/1.636 10/.600 3/.000 4/.666 3/.833 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 344/263 .253/.287/.378/.665 .772/.632 .659 39/.500 13/9 6/0
5.Pujols G/S/vP 5/.650 14/1.591 15/.441 24/.675 30/.727 15/1.467 4/1.250 13/1.815 47/1.062 398/309 .276/.344/.515/.860 .954/.833 .951 80/.873 6/0 23/9
8.Punto# G/S/vP 2/2.500 3/1.000 7/.858 4/.500 4/.833 3/1.167 ··· 1/no AB 2/.500 131/76 .271/.378/.402/.780 .749/.800 .599 44/.719 1/1 0/2
55.Schumaker* G/S/vP 3/1.334 9/.583 10/1.000 6/.334 10/.400 ··· 3/.000 9/.583 4/.500 230/194 .282/.326/.366/.692 .720/.687 .711 65/.829 0/1 2/3
3.Theriot G/S/vP 3/1.167 9/.985 8/.833 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 2/1.000 2/.000 383/279 .263/.311/.320/.631 .714/.600 .600 67/.334 4/4 1/16
IP 116.0 43.1 38.2 46.1 48.1 14.1 52.1 59.0 32.1 TOTAL .268/.339/.419/.758 .753/.759 .731 .760 37/26 104/71
ERA-K/9 3.72/9.2 5.19/5.6 3.49/4.7 3.50/11.3 2.98/9.5 7.53/8.2 4.13/5.3 3.36/9.2 3.34/8.1 4.59/7.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Laird (10-3-2)
 Molina (31-13-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 497/.245 200/.276 165/.280 206/.228 201/.254 67/.306 222/.277 262/.197 150/.240 .268  Holliday
 Jay
 Patterson
 Berkman
 Schumaker
70/0/0/4
18/23/56/4
51/30/10/3
12/0/63/1
4/0/13/0
OPS .663 .849 .789 .665 .608 .876 .790 .627 .736 .760
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 231/.628 71/.679 84/.623 95/.640 74/.592 36/1.172 85/.653 105/.686 55/.755 .743
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 266/.694 129/.944 81/.975 111/.687 127/.617 31/.536 137/.878 157/.586 95/.726 .772
Road 197/.768 84/.766 52/.800 88/.598 100/.576 48/.863 116/.659 143/.596 71/.766
Last 28d days 134/.570 42/.831 76/.583 42/.902 43/.683 67/.876 32/.440 56/.607 37/.724
HR/SB/CS 8/4/4 7/2/2 5/2/1 2/8/1 1/6/1 3/0/0 9/5/3 4/14/0 2/2/1 95/74/32
Usage ····X··· ····o·o· ····o··· ····XXo· ··X··Xo· ········ ·o···oo· X·X·Xoo· ·o······

Usage -- each character represents the number of pitches thrown by the pitcher for yesterday, two days ago, three days ago, ...., up to eight days ago:
· - did not pitch; o - less than 16 pitches; X - at least 16 pitches (the median relief outing)
An Example ( ·X···o·X ): Yesterday off, 16 or more pitches, three days off, less than 16 pitches, day off, 16 or more pitches (8 days ago). Yesterday is in bold for improved scanning.